(10-25-2022, 01:47 PM)MikePete54 Wrote: People often forget how young this team is.

Walker and Floyd are rookies, Cisco has been benched his whole rookie season, Campbell is having a pretty good season so far despite being a sophomore.

I'm not happy with guys like Josh Allen and Shaq Griffin. And I just don't understand how our pas rush can be this bad with guys like Gotsis, Key, Allen, Smoot etc....

It's young in specific areas and it's Caldwell's first up to bat as a play caller. I think we all got our hopes up early after they had those performances against the Chargers and the clots in the home opener and then we gave them a mulligan against the Eagles because we turned the ball over four or five times offensively. 

After that? It seems like they're just flat when it comes to rushing the passer and Caldwell and Co. cannot provide an answer to virtually anything that keeps working effectively against them. One week it's the passing game that gets them. The next week its the ground game that gets them. 

They don't really stand out anywhere now in particular. I am in agreement with you though. I expect more out of guys like Josh Allen and Shaq Griffin. They have been relatively non factors to this point. I think the pass rush is missing something up front. Whether that's a lack of scheming guys into free lanes or running stunts inside or outside, it's just simply not there. 

I brought it up yesterday in a separate thread. This pass rush has been as flat as that defense from 2009. Now, do I think they'll finish a 17 game season with just 14 sacks on the year? No. But, at this current pace? I think they'll be lucky to hit 20 as a team. That's rough. Especially with the cap space primarily tied up over there on that side of the football.

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